Werkstatt-Eintrag am 4. November 2025
Der Beitrag fragt nach Erzählkonventionen und Mustern der audiovisuellen Gestaltung im deutschen Kinospielfilm und ist erschienen im E-Book Arts, concepts and technologies in visual culture, einem Publikationsprojekt der IAMCR – Visual Culture Working Group.
This paper aims to identify dominant patterns in the design of German feature films. Such a concern is particularly relevant because the German film funding system is accused of being responsible for the high degree of conventionality in national film. In order to determine the rhetoric and aesthetics with which cinematic reality is presented, the study analyzes 40 commercially or artistically successful feature films from the years 2012 to 2020. The findings show that, almost without exception, these films make use of firmly established storytelling tools and audiovisual styles. Moreover, as there seems to be little room for disruption and experimentation, for unusual or innovative modes of expression, the spectrum of what is possible in film is barely explored.
Thomas Wiedemann: Little room for disruption and experimentation: Dominant patterns in the design of state-funded German feature films. In: Claudia Lambach (Hrsg.): Arts, concepts and technologies in visual culture. CIAC – Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação 2025, S. 201-221.